What does interior painting cost per m2 and per room?

Indoors, a painter usually works with three kinds of items: wall paint on walls, wall paint on ceilings and lacquer on window frames, doors and skirting boards. That is why there is more than one price. These are the national from-prices:

Purely as an example on the from-prices: a room with 45 m2 of wall and 20 m2 of ceiling. The walls then come to from €675, the ceiling to from €360, together from €1,035. Two interior window frames on top of that is another from €70.

The sum mainly shows how quickly the square metres add up once you count the walls as well. So always measure the walls, not the floor. A room with 20 m2 of floor quickly has more than double that in wall area. What the job really involves after masking and preparation, we only see in the room itself.

The paint is rarely the problem, the surface is. Hairline cracks in an old ceiling, walls with leftover wallpaper glue or a dark colour that has to go all mean extra work. Sometimes applying lining paper (renovlies) is then the sensible choice, because it hides small cracks and you do not have to fill everything.

The colour counts too. One of our customers chose a deep matt black for the garage. Matt hides more than high gloss, but a dark colour like that calls for tight preparation and a steady hand, because every join can stay visible. We discuss that kind of choice beforehand, so you see it back in the quote.

• which rooms you want done, and how high the ceilings are;
• photos of walls, ceilings and window frames, including cracks and stains;
• whether there is wallpaper, or whether it is bare or painted;
• whether you will stay in the house during the work;
• the colours you have in mind, or whether you would like advice on them.

For new-build homes we also ask whether the walls were delivered ready for wallpaper or ready for paint. That makes a big difference to the preparation. You can read more about it at preparing walls in a new-build home.

• Empty or lived in. In an empty house we can work through faster than between the furniture.
• Height and shape. An attic with knee walls and a dormer has many corners and joins. A stairwell usually needs a separate set-up.
• Choice of colour. Several colours in one room means more masking and crisp transitions.
• Type of paint. Water-based or solvent-based lacquer makes a difference in drying time and smell, and so in how you can use the room in the meantime.
• Scale. A whole house in one go is more efficient than separate rooms on separate days.

Interior work does not depend on the weather, so you can plan it for when it suits you. Many people combine it with a move or a renovation, because the rooms are already empty then. In a new-build home you ideally want it done before the floor goes in, so there is less to mask.

The cold season is also fine for interior work, as long as the room is heated and you can ventilate. There is more on that at painting in winter. If the outside also needs doing, that is a good combination: indoors when it is raw, and outdoors when it is dry. For that, see our page about painting weather in Friesland.

In Workum we did an interior renovation from ceiling to skirting boards. A customer with a new-build apartment of 150 m2 chose glass fibre wallpaper and wall paint, and in one new-build home we delivered move-in ready. A made-to-measure wall cupboard is also part of what we do indoors, thanks to our small-scale carpentry.

In their reviews, customers mainly mention the thinking along on colours and the neat masking. That is also what you notice first indoors: a crisp line between wall and ceiling, and no splashes on the skirting boards.

Let us know which rooms are involved, and we will arrange a site visit and discuss the colours there and then. You then receive a fixed quote covering the agreed work. There is more about our approach at interior painting in Friesland.

The amounts above are a national market guide, not prices from MJA Allround Bouw. Sources used: Werkspot, Trustoo, Homedeal and Slimster, as of October 2026.